Iga Swiatek remains top, Daria Kasatkina earns WTA rankings reward
Daria Kasatkina moved into the top 10 for the first time since 2019, while Iga Swiatek remains the world’s number one female player.
On the rankings released on Monday, the Russian climbed three places into ninth after she beat Shelby Rogers on the hard courts of California.
It’s a career-high for Kasatkina and a return to the world elite, having dropped down to 75th in October 2020, when she was affected badly by the coronavirus.
Another comeback win in the books 📚@DKasatkina locks in a tight win over Rogers and returns to the Top 10 for the first time since 2019!#MubadalaSVC pic.twitter.com/xnVyHQUz6M
— wta (@WTA) August 8, 2022
Swiatek, remains unchallenged as the world number one and has almost twice as many points as Anett Kontaveit in second.
Meanwhile, Paula Badosa overtook Maria Sakkari into third place.
Elsewhere, Danielle Collins drop down to 17, while Liudmila Samsonova climbed up 18 places to 42nd, after she beat Kaia Kanepi in the Washington Open at the weekend.
WTA top 20
1. Iga Swiatek (POL) 8,396 pts
2. Anett Kontaveit (EST) 4,476
3. Paula Badosa (ESP) 4,190 (+1)
4. Maria Sakkari (GRE) 4,190 (-1)
5. Ons Jabeur (TUN) 4,010
6. Aryna Sabalenka 3,366
7. Jessica Pegula (USA) 3,116
8. Garbine Muguruza (ESP) 2,886
9. Daria Kasatkina 2,800 (+3)
10. Emma Raducanu (GBR) 2,772
11. Coco Gauff (USA) 2,746
12. Belinda Bencic (SUI) 2,35 (+1)
13. Leylah Fernandez (CAN) 2,34 (+1)
14. Karolina Pliskova (CZE) 2,532 (+1)
15. Simona Halep (ROM) 2,415 (+1)
16. Jelena Ostapenko (LAT) 2,302 (+1)
17. Danielle Collins (USA) 2,273 (-8)
18. Veronika Kudermetova 2,220 (+1)
19. Barbora Krejcikova (CZE) 2,163 (-1)
20. Victoria Azarenka 2,076
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